{"product_id":"9780816550227-healing-like-our-ancestors","title":"Healing Like Our Ancestors","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Nahua Tiçitl, Gender, and Settler Colonialism in Central Mexico, 1535-1660\u003cbr\u003eOffering a provocative new perspective, this book examines sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Nahua healers or \u003ci\u003etitiçih\u003c\/i\u003e in central Mexico and how their practices have been misconstrued and misunderstood in colonial records. This book emphasizes the importance of women as titiçih and highlights their work as creators and keepers of knowledge.\u003cbr\u003eOffering a provocative new perspective, \u003ci\u003eHealing Like Our Ancestors\u003c\/i\u003e examines sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Nahua healers in central Mexico and how their practices have been misconstrued and misunderstood in colonial records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Early colonial Spanish settlers defined, assessed, and admonished Nahua \u003ci\u003etitiÇih\u003c\/i\u003e (healing specialists) and \u003ci\u003etiÇiyotl\u003c\/i\u003e (healing knowledge) in the process of building a society in Mexico that mirrored Iberia. Nevertheless, Nahua survivance (intergenerational knowledge transfer) has allowed communities to heal like their ancestors through changes and adaptations. Edward Anthony Polanco draws from diverse colonial primary sources, largely in Spanish and Nahuatl (the Nahua ancestral language), to explore how Spanish settlers framed titiÇih, their knowledge, and their practices within a Western complex. Polanco argues for the usage of Indigenous terms when discussing Indigenous concepts and arms the reader with the Nahuatl words to discuss central Mexican Nahua healing. In particular, this book emphasizes the importance of women as titiÇih and highlights their work as creators and keepers of knowledge. These vital Nahua perspectives of healing—and how they differed from the settler narrative—will guide community members as well as scholars and students of the history of science, Latin America, and Indigenous studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315503210870,"sku":"9780816550227","price":28.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40121316.jpg?v=1772086170","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780816550227-healing-like-our-ancestors","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}